End-to-side nerve suture in traumatic injuries of brachial plexus: Review of the literature and personal case series

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 656-659

  Battiston, B ^a,b   Artiaco, S ^a,b   Conforti, L G ^a,b   Vasario, G ^a,b   Tos, P ^a,b  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; End to side; Neurorraphy

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE SUTURE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450033583     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193409104673     Document Type: Article

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